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Mar 14, 2018A singular, precise, and continually inviting experience, Clean finds Soccer Mommy reaching a new level of artistry, using her earlier releases as a bedrock to support her ambitions. A marvellous debut, it’s truly something to savour.
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Mar 7, 2018Allison does it all in an honest, uncomplicated, and well-crafted way that Clean is anything but juvenile. You might just forget how old you are for a second, as her bedroom melodies carry you back to when feelings were freely given and many lessons still had to be learned.
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Mar 6, 2018With Clean, Allison has delivered one of early 2018’s easiest albums to simply enjoy. If you’ve been a human being for all of your life, you will recognise very well the experiences related throughout its fleeting 35 minutes.
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Mar 6, 2018Although you can hear the full band treatment throughout Clean, the production never overpowers Allison, her singing, and her guitar. Rather, the musical embellishments underline her strengths.
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Mar 5, 2018Clean is that much-cooler indie record Taylor once sung of. Below the surface, its spark gleams like a secret.
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Mar 2, 2018Despite its vast highs, Clean does have one glaring flaw. Its last few tracks--"Scorpio Rising" through "Wildflowers"--are, in sequence, a comedown that blurs the album's home stretch.
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Mar 2, 2018The production trickery, paired with Allison’s lyrical nuances, make her songwriting, and this debut record, a dazzling and devastating triumph.
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Mar 2, 2018Throughout the album, Allison's vulnerable delivery and quietly tormented lyrics stick as much as hooks, artfully gradated guitar tones, and haunting echo that's mostly reserved for accompaniment, but they all work together in unsettled harmony.
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Mar 2, 2018In typical Soccer Mommy fashion, there’s little flashy footwork to be found here; only expertly-shaped understated songs that give more with every listen. Stepping beyond the groundwork of her debut collection, and sounding all the more confident for it, Sophie Allison shoots, and she scores.
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Mar 1, 2018It’s a 10-track album that encapsulates emotions and situations that are as versatile as her sound. Whether you’re reminiscing about late-night make out sessions in high school or surrounded by plenty of “cool” girls in your city, Soccer Mommy’s introspection is something that defies age.
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Feb 28, 2018Songs are built on weird, chiming chords or little fragments of picking and echoes that make her purposefully modest arrangements feel interesting and unique every time.
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Feb 28, 2018What’s most startling about Clean is how Allison manages her emotions with compassion and a great sense of composure.
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Q MagazineFeb 27, 2018Within its polished melancholy, Clean is a raw portrait of sadness. [Apr 2018, p.115]
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UncutFeb 26, 2018"Dog" is a reverb-heavy highlight, but the whole set is as instantly likeable as it is smart. [Apr 2018, p.35]
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MojoFeb 26, 2018Allison's verge-of-tears delivery is another sign that Clean's grown-up vibe can't hide the vulnerable teen within. [Apr 2018, p.94]
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Feb 26, 2018While it isn't a huge departure from Soccer Mommy's early work, Allison is promptly hitting her stride and clearly gaining confidence and showing it with strands of snarkiness and angst mixed within her delicate, vulnerable songs.
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Feb 26, 2018Clean showcases what it is to be stuck in a quicksand of self-loathing, and have it stop you from seeing your own accomplishments and more importantly, being proud of them. If Allison isn’t already chuffed with this debut, she should be.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 34 out of 37
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Mixed: 2 out of 37
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Negative: 1 out of 37
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